The College Board, responsible for administering the SAT, announced the addition of a new index commonly known as an “adversity score” in an attempt to quantify a student’s overall disadvantage level and help college admissions officers gather a more complete picture of an applicant’s background.

Starting in late 2018, Ann Arbor residents have grown increasingly concerned about dioxane and PFAS contamination in Washtenaw County’s drinking water. With Ann Arbor residents calling for a more transparent reporting system, Ann Arbor Water Treatment Manager Brian Steglitz released a plan to publish updated water quality newsletters every month.

On Tuesday afternoon, approximately 18 Michigan residents met in at the District Library in Dexter, Mich. for a budget town hall with state Rep. Donna Lasinski, D-Dexter. She was joined by two panelists, state Budget Director Chris Kolb and state Rep. John Cherry, D-Flushing. During the meeting they discussed the state budget process, upcoming proposals and the community’s priorities.

Starting at 7:45 a.m. every weekday, about 450 students walk throughout the painted hallways of Community High School, Ann Arbor’s “alternative” and highly selective public high school. As one of the oldest “magnet” schools in the country, Community High School offers specialized courses and curricula that attracts families all across the city.

Wednesday afternoon, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federally funded program created to support national museums and libraries, announced the 10 recipients of the 2019 National Medal for Museum and Library Service award. Among the winners was the University of Michigan’s Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

On April 25, Jenny Hannibal, parent of an Ann Arbor Community High School student, filed a Title IX complaint to the Office of Civil Rights on April 25, alleging Ann Arbor Public Schools had repeatedly violated Title IX protocol by failing to properly report at least 12 incidents of sexual assault.

Despite pouring rain, about a hundred students and community members gathered around the Diag Wednesday evening to pay their respects to the lives lost from the recent terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka this past Easter Sunday.